Poem - Reversal by Stephen W. Cote

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Stephen W. Cote

Short Stories

- Fairy Bunking Chapter 4: Napalm Martini Binge
- Fairy Bunking Chapter 1: Bunking the Dragon
- Fairy Bunking Chapter 2: Tea on a Leaf
- Fairy Bunking Chapter 3: All Out
- The Predator of the Meadow
- Empire
- The Alchemy of The Aurora Chateau Deo Belle Etoile
- The Autumn Engagement
- The Autumn Engagement

Poems

- Salem
- Transposition
- Embryo (parts 0 - 14)
- Aquamarine
- Natural Angels
- Superstition
- Winter (parts 1 - 15)
- Out Goes the Light
- Firework
- A Dilemma
- Brassiere
- Fireman
- Caveman
- Falling Leaves
- Desperate Times
- Beautiful Faces
- Escape To Morning
- Howling
- Applejack
- A Cafe Rose
- The Evils That Men Do
- Ray In The Sun
- Beautiful Faces
- Reversal
- The Wolvenblauer

Reversal
by Stephen W. Cote

Great fear strikes the heart when
You commit another sin
Rage and bile boil and swell
Compatriots condemn you to hell

Palsy grips your belly and spine
Weakness wracks knees and mind
Dementia clouds speech and sight
Void of feeling, pitched to plight

Tensile nerves of trust quiver
Into a bone-rattling shiver
Magnanimity shrouds
Vile souls in midnight clouds

Rancor divides friend from friend
Wallow in despair until the end
Or reassess guilt approved
Realize blame should be moved

Ensnared by bonds, deceit and lies
Soiled in defecation, choke on flies
The bastard born, tossed and spun
Wilts beneath an honest sun

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